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http://www.care2.com/causes/kaavan-the-lonely-chained-elephant-will-finally-go-home-to-sanctuary.html

Kaavan The Lonely Chained Elephant Will Finally Go Home To Sanctuary | Care2 CausesHe's lived chained and mostly alone for 30 years. Now, he's getting ready to meet other elephants at his new sanctuary home.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/beloved-dog-breed-may-disappear-due-to-health-problems/

Beloved dog breed may disappear due to health problemsRespiratory issues and a slew of other heath problems are putting a favorite dog breed in jeopardy

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/120719-young-gorillas-juvenile-traps-snares-rwanda-science-fossey/

Gorilla Youngsters Seen Dismantling Poachers' Traps—A FirstJust days after a snare had killed one of their own, four-year-old wild gorillas worked together to find and destroy other traps in their forest home.

http://triblive.com/opinion/featuredcommentary/10848204-74/meat-consumption-eating

http://thecairopost.youm7.com/news/193595/news/animals-reduced-to-cannibalism-in-egyptian-zoo-after-neglect

Animals reduced to cannibalism in Egyptian zoo after neglectCAIRO: A photo of an African baboon, whose feet were cannibalized by fellow cage mates in a zoo in Delta’s Sharqia governorate has gone viral on Egyptian social media. “Due to extreme hunger, some animals starved to death, and others have eaten each others,” social media user Miss Assnaa po

Impossible Foods’ Vegan ‘Bloody Burger’ Hits NYC Food Scene

Impossible Foods' Vegan ‘Bloody Burger’ Hits NYC Food SceneThe completely plant-based burger that oozes a primal red color when squeezed is on the menu at one of Momofuku’s NYC restaurants.

http://www.livescience.com/55598-most-megafauna-faces-extinction.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_campaign=socialtwitterls&cmpid=social_ls_514645

Most of World's Biggest Beasts Could Be Extinct by 2100Iconic species like lions, rhinos and elephants could be history if conservation measures aren't taken, experts say.

How The Dairy Industry Tricked Humans Into Believing They Need Milk [Watch]

How The Dairy Industry Tricked Humans Into Believing They Need Milk [Watch]Despite the fact that one can get their daily recommendation of calcium, potassium, and protein from fruits and vegetables, the dairy industry has spent billions of dollars to convince consumers otherwise.

Why Meat-Lover Guy Fieri May Write a Vegetarian Cookbook

Why Meat-Lover Guy Fieri May Write a Vegetarian CookbookGuy Fieri may be a devout meat lover who serves up barbecue and other carnivore-friendly meals at his many restaurants—but that doesn’t mean he has no love for vegetarian and vegan lifestyles…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3718306/Notorious-cat-killer-tortured-drowned-19-kittens-old-tricks-three-years-freed-prison.html

Notorious cat killer may be up to his old tricksAnthony Appolonia, 58, who had served five years in prison for torturing and killing 19 kittens and cats is now suspected of going on another animal cruelty spree involving at least five more felines.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3718310/Save-baby-Elephant-desperately-calls-help-night-baby-falls-hole-answered-kind-villagers-dig-morning.html

Dramatic moment villagers rescue a baby elephant trapped in a wellThe elephant fell into a well while a herd of more than 60 elephants were passing through the Ramgarh district, around 50 km from Ranchi, in the Indian state of Jharkhand on Wednesday night.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3718267/Why-MEAT-bad-waistline-sugar-Protein-fuelling-obesity-crisis-come-warning-label.html

Obesity shouldn't just be blamed on sugar: MEAT is just as badExperts from the University of Adelaide said energy received from protein was often a surplus because it is digested later than fats and carbohydrates, causing the body to convert it and store as fat.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3714662/Brown-bear-named-Baloo-shot-dead-zookeepers-escaped-enclosure-Slovakia.html

Baloo the brown bear shot dead by zoo keepersA bear called Baloo - named after the Jungle Book character - who broke out of his enclosure at a zoo in Slovakia has been killed after keepers decided he posed too much of a threat.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/01/zoo-launches-inquiry-after-child-photographed-in-rhino-enclosure

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/01/anthrax-outbreak-climate-change-arctic-circle-russia

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150618104153.htm

Emotional brains 'physically different' from rational onesResearchers have found physical differences in the brains of people who respond emotionally to others' feelings, compared to those who respond more rationally.

THIS IS A POWERFUL ARGUMENT FOR HUMANE EDUCATION
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Empathy and violence have similar circuits in the brain, research suggestsResearchers in Spain have investigated the brain structures involved with empathy -- in other words, the ability to put oneself in another person's position -- and carried out a scientific review of them. They conclude that the brain circuits responsible for empathy are in part the same as those involved with violence.

https://theconversation.com/cute-cats-puppies-piglets-online-kawaii-they-help-you-concentrate-9929

http://www.animalsaustralia.org/features/greyhound-racing-scarier-than-a-horror-film.php

10 ways greyhound racing is SCARIER than a Stephen King filmHere’s what happens when you shine a very bright light in a very dark place for the very first time...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3714122/Heartbreaking-clip-shows-neglected-polar-bear-covered-faeces-struggling-stand-zoo.html

Neglected polar bear drags himself across his zoo enclosureThis is the shocking moment a helpless polar bear - who is reportedly kept at Belgrade Zoo, Serbia - struggles to stand up and walk in his enclosure in front of horrified onlookers.